Rota white-eye

Rota white-eye
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Zosteropidae
Genus:	Zosterops
Species:	Z. rotensis
Binomial name
Zosterops rotensis Taka-Tsukasa & Yamashina, 1931

The Rota white-eye or Rota bridled white-eye (Zosterops rotensis) is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is critically endangered and endemic to Rota in the Northern Mariana Islands, where it mainly occurs in mature, wet limestone forests.^[1]

Social Behavior

It forages in flocks.^[2] It also roosts in flocks.^[2]

See also

• List of birds of the Northern Mariana Islands

References

1. BirdLife International (2018). "Zosterops rotensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22714047A126656629. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22714047A126656629.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.{{cite iucn}}: |volume= / |doi= mismatch, |date= / |doi= mismatch (help)
2. McElderry, Robert M., et al. "Distilling professional opinion to gauge vulnerability of Guam avifauna to Brown Treesnake predation." Frontiers in Conservation Science 2 (2021): 683964.

External links

• BirdLife Species Factsheet